NVIDIA GeForce 910M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 910M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 910M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 300x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 6 September 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 6.3x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
  • 6.7x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 588
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 113
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 2629
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 6.448
  • 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 155.993
  • 5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 0.574
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 12.2
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 27.733
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 1344
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 2590
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3020
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 1344
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 2590
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3020
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 78.4 billion / sec vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,981 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4017 vs 588
PassMark - G2D Mark 487 vs 113
Geekbench - OpenCL 11364 vs 2629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.505 vs 6.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 705.293 vs 155.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.085 vs 0.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.416 vs 12.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.69 vs 27.733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3581 vs 1344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690 vs 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3365 vs 3020
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3581 vs 1344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690 vs 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3365 vs 3020

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 910M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
588
4017
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
113
487
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2629
11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.448
30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
155.993
705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.574
3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.2
35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.733
62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1344
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2590
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3020
3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1344
3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2590
3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3020
3365
Name NVIDIA GeForce 910M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G3D Mark 588 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark 113 487
Geekbench - OpenCL 2629 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.448 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 155.993 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.574 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.2 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.733 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1344 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2590 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3020 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1344 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2590 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3020 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1307

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 910M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Kepler
Code name GF117 GK106
Launch date 18 August 2015 6 September 2012
Place in performance rating 1382 740
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $349.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.35

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 1,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 960
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 2,540 million
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz
CUDA cores 960

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None One 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
FXAA
SLI
TXAA